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“Let’s put it that way. So obviously you should have stewards. The hierarchy at Villa should recognise you need stewards at both ends of the pitch.

“To see the supporters coming on with a couple of minutes to go - was it three or four minutes to go? - they were congregating on the ends anyway before that time.

“It puts players in danger and you don’t want to see that. We were seeing that in the 1970s and 1980s and we don’t want to go back to that.

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“I am sure the FA will look into it without me poking my nose in too much. If you are asking me from a football point of view, then if we had a load of stewards it would have been sorted out.

“I didn’t ask the players (if they were hit). Everybody looked as if they had their heads and arms and legs on.

“Will the club complain? I won’t be complaining. We play loads of games at five thirty in the Premier League and local derbies at that time. Most of the grounds in the Premier League are well stewarded, it is just a disappointment. I am sure Villa are disappointed it has happened. Our players all got in in tact. It has happened. I am more concerned by trying to stop it before it happens.”

As for the game Albion threw away a fine first half performance when they were undone by Fabian Delph and Scott Sinclair’s second half strikes.

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For Pulis it was a case of two missed chances by Brown Ideye and another by Joleon Lescott.

“I don’t think people have talked about Browny’s header that comes off his shoulder. If he heads it there’s no way Shay Given will save that because of the pace of the ball.

“Then he had a great chance. The first goal was always going to be important today for either side.

“I thought we were the better team first half and then in the second half we got stretched on a throw-in deep into their half which we haven’t done all season.

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“They scored and it was a different game. We had to open up and chase the game a little bit.

“With the pace they have got on the break and Delph breaking from midfield they are going to create chances and opportunities. You have to take that chance.”

Claudio Yacob’s red card seems certain to be contested.

“It is really disappointing,” said Pulis. “We’ve come here twice in four days. Alan Hutton should have been sent off in the week but he doesn’t and gets the cross over that Ben Foster spills.

“Then today, truthfully, that is not a sending off. It is just not a sending off. It is two poor decisions but I don’t really want to talk about referees. I know it is difficult not to when decisions like that are made.

“Yacob had three touches before the referee blew up, he won the ball, touch, touch, touch. Initially I thought the linesman had said something but I spoke to Anthony and he said that no he made the decision not the linesman.”

Jack Grealish saw red for two bookings at the death.

“I don’t know wat he was sent off for, I haven’t a clue,” said Pulis. “I was absolutely amazed when he was shown the red card, I didn’t realise he had been booked.”